Almost overlooked in the Colts victory over New Orleans on Thursday night was the defense of the Colts. Many people forget that New Orleans actually had a more productive offense than the Colts last year. On Thursday night the Colts defense held the Saints to two field goals. Indy has a great offense and their defense looks very impressive as well.
Lovie Smith is a good guy and loyalty is a wonderful quality. Sometimes, however, loyalty is not in anyone else's best interests. The Bears need a quality QB and it is not Rex Grossman. The Bears do have an championship caliber defense but their offense is dismal and will actually help them lose games this year. It's interesting and infuriating when people say that Grossman 'led' the Bears to the Super Bowl last year. They got their despite Grossman.
People said that Eli Manning needed to step up this year if he was going to be one of the NFL's elite quarterbacks. It's too soon to judge the season based on one game, but he sure looked like an elite quarterback on Sunday night. He kept the Giants in the game a great deal longer than the defense would indicate.
The Jets fans cheered when Chad Pennington got hurt. Ask a Giants' fan about Jets fans and you'll consistently hear to words. "No class." Chad Pennington did not lose the game for them, the Patriots' offense blew the Jets defense off the field. Pennington was gamely trying to drag himself to the sideline, the consummate teamer, to keep his team from having to call a time out. The crowd cheered is injury. Such class. Typical Jets fans.
I wonder if the Colts feel bad about losing Toast David. I mean Jason David. Actually, Toast is more appropriate. Burned toast at that. Wow.
I started the Raiders' defense on my fantasy league. They were one of the best defenses in the league last year and they were playing against the Lions. The Lions who each year do not have a highlight film but have gone to having a highlight slide for their previous year. Brilliant move on my part. The Lions lit the scoreboard up in a big way. Sigh.
What would happen if Joey Harrington, a player who had pretty dreadful years as a quarterback in Detroit, was moved to a team with a truly great offensive minded coach. There he is in Atlanta with Bobby Petrino who created scoring machines at U of L. If any coach could make Harrington a solid NFL caliber QB, it is Petrino. And Joey Harrington played like, well, Joey Harrington. Sad reality is this. Great coaches are great coaches if they actually have the players who can play their positions.
The Giants defensive coordinator is supposed to be great at designing and having the defense blitz. He blitzed a lot but there was virtually no pressure on Romo. Makes me think that suiting up the hot dog vendors from Giants Stadium and having them play in the secondary might not be the best idea the Giants have had in a while.
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